r/Music • u/ebradio • 6d ago

Taylor Swift's Endorsement of Kamala Harris Has Resulted in a "400% to 500% Increase" in Voter Registration article

https://consequence.net/2024/09/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-voter-registration/
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u/Tasty_Delivery283 5d ago

Which numbers suggest that? Some of these numbers come from a firm called TargetSmart but it’s not clear they have access to this kind of data. And how would they?

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u/Bricka_Bracka 5d ago

Which numbers?

8, 2, and 34 have made positive comments. 3 is against. Silence from everything above 100...

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u/Tasty_Delivery283 5d ago

What are you talking about?

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u/eragonawesome2 5d ago

They're making a joke about the phrase "Which numbers suggest that?" By taking it literally and implying that numbers themselves are offering their opinions. Like the number 17 saying "I think it's great!"

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u/Even_Might2438 5d ago

Could you ask 69's for its view on the matter?

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u/Bricka_Bracka 5d ago

Initial response: "Nice .."

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u/Bearandbreegull 5d ago

They don't have access to that kind of data. It looks like their numbers are actually just counting how many total people used their API which powers the "click here to check the status of your voter registration" feature on vote.org et al. And possibly tracking any resulting registrations from that, maybe.

Responsible outlets are just reporting this story as "Tswift helps drive interest in voter registrations" or "voter registrations increase in the wake of debate and Tswift endorsement". Without claiming causation. 

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u/LivesDoNotMatter 5d ago

Good point. It would be interesting to see some actual numbers come out.